Cabinet reshuffle live: Rahman Khan gets Minority Affairs

New Delhi: 12:10 pm: Minister of State: Lalchand Kataria from Rajasthan.

12:08 pm: Minister of State: Dr Smt Kruparani Killi from Andhra Pradesh.

12:04 am: Minister of State: Porika Balram Naik from Andhra Pradesh.

12:03 am: Minister of State: Deepa Dasmunsi from West Bengal.

12:01 pm: Minister of State: Ninong Ering from Arunachal Pradesh.

11:59 am: Minister of State: Sarve Satyanarayana from Andhra Pradesh.

11:57 am: Minister of State: Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury from West Bengal.

11: 56 am: Minister of State: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from West Bengal.

11: 55 am: Minister of State: Ranee Narah of Assam.

11: 54 am: Minister of State: K Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy from Andhra Pradesh.

11: 52 am: Minister of State: Tariq Anwar elected to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra.

11:48 am Kodikunnil Suresh from Kerala gets Minister of State rank.

11:48 am Shashi Tharoor from Kerala becomes Minister of State.

11:46 am: MOS Independent Charge for Manish Tewari (Punjab) and Telugu film superstar K Chiranjeevi (Andhra Pradesh).

11:44 am: Chandresh Kumari Katoch from Rajasthan sworn in as Cabinet minister

11:42 am: Harish Rawat from Uttarakhand elevated to Cabinet rank

11:40 am: Ashwani Kumar from Punjab is the new Law Minister.

11:38 am: Pallam Raju from Andhra Pradesh elevated to Cabinet rank.

11:36 am: Dinsha Patel from Gujarat and Ajay Maken from Delhi elevated to Cabinet rank.

11:34 am: K Rahman Khan from Karnataka gets Ministry of Minority Affairs, a Cabinet rank.

11:11 am: Corporate Affairs Minister M Veerappa Moily to get Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

11:05 am: Sources says Chandresh Kumari Katoch is likely to get Ministry for Social Justice.

11.00 am: Cabinet posts: K Rahman Khan, Dinsha Patel, Ajay Maken, Pallam Raju, Ashwani Kumar, Harish Rawat, Chandresh Kumari Katoch. MOS with independent charge: Manish Tewari, K Chiranjeevi and Sachin Pilot.

10:58 am: Sources say Manish Tewari may get Corporate Affairs Ministry

Ministers of State: Shashi Tharoor, Kodikunnil Suresh, Tariq Anwar, K Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy, Ranee Narah, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, Sarve Satyanarayana, Ninong Ering, Deepa Dasmunsi, Porika Balram Naik, Dr Smt Kruparani Killi, Lalchand Kataria.

10.56 am: Manish Tewari and K Chiranjeevi get MoS Independent Charge. Shashi Tharoor and Kodikunnil Suresh to be made MoS.

10.30 am: Deepa Dasmunsi may get Culture Ministry, Jyoti Mirdha, Tribal Affairs and Jyotiraditya Scindia, Power.

10.20 am: Tariq Anwar says he will be made a Minister of State. He, however, refuses to comment on the portfolio.

9.30 am Ajay Maken refuses to comment on portfolio, says he is thankful to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi for considering him for the opportunity. Meanwhile, India Against Corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal flays the exercise, calling it futile and saying that the Congress is playing musical chairs.

9:26 am: Big movers - Salman Khurshid to get Ministry of External Affairs, MM Pallam Raju HRD, Ajay Maken to get Cabinet rank. Kapil Sibal to lose the important HRD portfolio.